Makeshift Miracle

Years ago, Jim Zubkavich created a web comic called the Makeshift Miracle. This isn’t a daily or weekly comic like PVP or Penny Arcade. The Makeshift Miracle was a single story, told a gorgeous panel a day.

It was awesome. And it floored me.

Now, Jim has put the art together in book form, and remastered the art to make it look even more amazing. You should buy it. You can buy it right from Jim, by clickety-clicking on this banner:

Do it. You know you wanna.

Lies and Obfuscations about file sharing

Who’s have thought that it was possible?

/sarcasm.

RIAA propaganda movie for students in desperate need of remix
The RIAA has just released a back-to-school propaganda video called “Campus Downloads” that is full of lies, half-truths, omissions, and intimidation aimed at convincing students to stay away from file-sharing.

This is such a steaming pile that it desperately needs to be remixed. Someone out there needs to make a version where every lie is interrupted with an explanation of the real story, to be shown alongside of it.

Its really too bad that more people don’t have the kind of resources that this guy does. It will be interesting to see what comes out of this.

EDIT: Allow me to say that I don’t think that piracy is right. However, I do believe that the RIAA is engaged in bullying tactics, which include outright lies, in order to protect an outdated and dying distrubution system and business model.